"Kristine Kochanski" wrote:

What about if the cat has kitty companions and someone looking
in on them twice a day?

I would say that's fine (again, only my opinion!) . Having
companions,
feline, canine or otherwise, and some human intervention to check up
on them is fine - leaving a solitary cat alone in a house for 24-48
hours isn't fine. What stimulation do they have? Nothing to chase,
nothing to snuggle up with, nothing to distract them. What a boring
existance that would be :-(

Well, and I think about, what if they swallow a string or get caught
in something and choke? I'll never forget the time Gnarly stuck her
head in one of those small tissue boxes. :) Yes, it was hilarious, and
as soon as my husband got a load of her stumbling around, I removed
it. If she had done this over a long weekend, she would have been
a wreck at the end of it, and dehydrated too.

"Kristine Kochanski" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:18:19 GMT, "Mary" wrote:


"Kristine Kochanski" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:01:10 -0600, "Rona Yuthasastrakosol"
wrote:

Using that analogy (cat and child)...would you have a young
child
spayed or
neutered?

If it was going to go out and shag at random with nobody to look
after
its offspring, yes.

Nazi.

:-)

*s******* ;-)

Don't want to get into a whole heavy philosophical debate, but we
construct our society and our knowledge and understanding of it. Who
knows, if Hitler had won the war it may well be perfectly normal and
natural to have vast sections of our society sterilised now, if they
weren't deemed 'fit' to produce genetically superior offspring.
Scary
thought.

Hilter liked cats, I believe. And he was a vegetarian. So you can't
believe the stereotypes ;-)

Oooo, now you are in real trouble. We love our stereotypes of
the bad guys. I appreciate that you know how to take me, btw. :)

"Kristine Kochanski" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:18:19 GMT, "Mary" wrote:


"Kristine Kochanski" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:01:10 -0600, "Rona Yuthasastrakosol"
wrote:

Using that analogy (cat and child)...would you have a young
child
spayed or
neutered?

If it was going to go out and shag at random with nobody to look
after
its offspring, yes.

Nazi.

:-)

*s******* ;-)

Don't want to get into a whole heavy philosophical debate, but we
construct our society and our knowledge and understanding of it. Who
knows, if Hitler had won the war it may well be perfectly normal and
natural to have vast sections of our society sterilised now, if they
weren't deemed 'fit' to produce genetically superior offspring.
Scary
thought.

Hilter liked cats, I believe. And he was a vegetarian. So you can't
believe the stereotypes ;-)

Oooo, now you are in real trouble. We love our stereotypes of
the bad guys. I appreciate that you know how to take me, btw. :)

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 19:46:22 GMT, "Mary" wrote:


"Kristine Kochanski" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:18:19 GMT, "Mary" wrote:

Nazi.

:-)

*s******* ;-)

Hilter liked cats, I believe. And he was a vegetarian. So you can't
believe the stereotypes ;-)

Oooo, now you are in real trouble. We love our stereotypes of
the bad guys. I appreciate that you know how to take me, btw. :)

It was the smiley at the end that gave it away ;-) If you'd said
'NAZI!' with no smiley I'd guess you meant it! Good old emoticons -
change the whole tone of a sentence with a few well-placed punctuation
marks!

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 19:46:22 GMT, "Mary" wrote:


"Kristine Kochanski" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:18:19 GMT, "Mary" wrote:

Nazi.

:-)

*s******* ;-)

Hilter liked cats, I believe. And he was a vegetarian. So you can't
believe the stereotypes ;-)

Oooo, now you are in real trouble. We love our stereotypes of
the bad guys. I appreciate that you know how to take me, btw. :)

It was the smiley at the end that gave it away ;-) If you'd said
'NAZI!' with no smiley I'd guess you meant it! Good old emoticons -
change the whole tone of a sentence with a few well-placed punctuation
marks!

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Chuckle. I know some kids who would have benefitted from this.

I know some adults who still would :-(. I know I'm going to get flamed for
this, but for a certain segment of the population, I would be in favour of
some sort of mandatory birth control (though I'm not sure I would go so far
as sterilization because I always have hope that people will change).

rona


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Chuckle. I know some kids who would have benefitted from this.

I know some adults who still would :-(. I know I'm going to get flamed for
this, but for a certain segment of the population, I would be in favour of
some sort of mandatory birth control (though I'm not sure I would go so far
as sterilization because I always have hope that people will change).

rona


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In article ,
"Mary" wrote:

What about if the cat has kitty companions and someone looking
in on them twice a day?

Or, you could just leave the television on for them. Video catnip,
anyone?

In article ,
"Mary" wrote:

What about if the cat has kitty companions and someone looking
in on them twice a day?

Or, you could just leave the television on for them. Video catnip,
anyone?

"Mary" wrote in message om...

This really is a good point. Much as I love my cats I had not thought
of this. It's as though my mind stops at the worst possible outcome,
that
they might get hit on the busy street first thing. Both have collars,
but I
will have some tags made with their names and my contact info this
weekend and attach them.

Yeah! That makes me happy! I didn't really mean to start a debate
about leaving cats alone for the weekend. What I meant to point out is
that stuff does happen, even to owners with the best of intentions,
and it's so much better for a lousy $15 per cat or less, to make it
easy for neighbors, vets, shelters and animal control to do the right
thing and get that kitty back home before something bad happens to it
: